• David Strauss, the Weimer K. Hicks Award. This award honors a current or retired employee who has provided long-term support to College programs or activities beyond the call of duty while offering excellent service in the performance of their job. After teaching at K, he worked to establish an endowed scholarship that honors his retired colleague, David Barclay. Two College awards bear his name, the David Strauss Prize in American Studies and the Strauss/Wickstrom Senior Integrated Project Endowment.
• Susan Stuckey Thoms ’70 and David Thoms ’70, the Distinguished Service Award. The honor recognizes individuals who have made exceptional volunteer contributions to Kalamazoo College. Susan practiced ophthalmology, first in private practice, and later as a clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. David practiced law for 44 years, and his work was honored with numerous professional accolades. David was a College trustee for five years; Susan continues her service into her eighth year as a member of Women’s Council. Both have long assisted students with career advice and served as mentors in law and medicine.
• Quincy Isaiah ’17, Young Alumni Award. The citation awards a K alum—within 15 years of their graduation—for outstanding achievement; personal growth in their career; or outstanding professional, civic and cultural service. Isaiah is an actor who earned a Rising Star Award for his portrayal of Magic Johnson in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty on HBO Max. More recently, he played the role of Brandon—a character struggling to move forward after a mistake he made as a child—in Grassland. The 2023 film attempts to change society’s views about marijuana-incarceration policies. 
• Lila Lazarus ’84, Distinguished Achievement Award. The honor recognizes alumni who achieve distinction in their professional fields. Lazarus has worked in journalism and health communication for more than 39 years. She received the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Michigan Chapter. She is the founder and owner of Lila Productions LLC.

Five individuals, a men’s tennis team, a volleyball team and three men’s basketball teams were also inducted into the College’s Athletics Hall of Fame during the Distinguished Alumni Awards. They were:

• Eve Halderson ’97, women’s tennis;
• Dan Harding ’00, men’s tennis;
• Kyle Harding ’02, men’s tennis;
• Coach Jeanne Hess, volleyball;
• Tim Ullrey ’03, men’s diving;
• the 1990 men’s tennis team;
• the 1993 volleyball team;
• the 1914–15 men’s basketball team;
• the 1916–17 men’s basketball team;
• the 1925–26 men’s basketball team.